How many Americans and other Westerners are willing to engage in a deal with the devil for money? Perhaps more than expected. Take, for instance, the hundreds of millions in Qatari money that has transformed American campuses. Although Iran is generally considered to be worse, money talks in Doha as much as it does in Tehran.
As it turns out, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Nuclear Policy isn’t going ahead with plans, because the organizers mandated that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi open up for questions, so his team opted to pull out of the event. No surprise there.
Araghchi planned on saying in a virtual presentation that “the trillion-dollar opportunity that our economy presents may be open to U.S. enterprises.”
His words amount to a bribe. But adding complexity are Trump’s sanctions on Iran. Iran was poised to dangle opportunities to America in a bribery effort to evade sanctions and pressure the US into a new nuke deal that would engage the U.S. nuclear industry, or even further, encourage a partnership.
Iran is as brazen as it is manipulative. It knew its own deceptions and couldn’t face up to public scrutiny, so it nixed the plan.
“Iran Offers to Help Trump Revive US Nuclear Sector in Canceled Speech,” by Tim O’Connor, Newsweek, April 21, 2025:
Iran’s top diplomat sought to entice President Donald Trump’s administration with up to tens of billions of dollars’ worth of contracts to help revitalize the U.S. nuclear industry in a canceled speech.
The address was to be delivered virtually Monday by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Nuclear Policy Conference. The organizers mandated, however, that Araghchi then open up to questions, a condition that led to his team pulling out of the event.
The Iranian Mission to the United Nations later shared with Newsweek the transcript of the planned remarks, which in one notable section doubled down on Tehran’s emphasis on the potential investment value of a new nuclear agreement with Washington as the two sides engage in talks.
“Iran has never stood in the way of economic and scientific collaboration with the United States,” Araghchi was to say, according to the transcript. “The obstacle has been previous U.S. administrations, often acting under the influence of the same Special Interest groups. As I recently made clear in the pages of the Washington Post, the trillion-dollar opportunity that our economy presents may be open to U.S. enterprises.”
“This includes companies which can help us generate clean electricity from non-hydrocarbon sources,” the speech continued. “Iran currently operates one reactor at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant. Our longstanding game plan is to build at least 19 more reactors, meaning that tens of billions of dollars in potential contracts are up for grabs. The Iranian market alone is big enough to revitalize the struggling nuclear industry in the United States.”…
Walter Sieruk says
Bribes which do stink of corruption are terrible. For example, that Iranian official seeks Iran influence through bribes higher up-s in American firms universities colleges all the way into and through the US government.
Such political and governmental and related bribe activities are unconscionable.
This lead one misconception that many Americans and other Westerners have is revealed by the use the tern used in the West, which is “political Islam.” That term is nonsensical and redundant as well as unknown in the Islamic world.
Therefore, it needs to be made clear as to why that Western term is nonsensical and redundant. As explained by two statements.
First, as for that term being nonsensical one devout Muslim who, truly, proclaimed “Islam is Islam.”
Second. as for that term being redundant, has been well explained by none other Ayatollah Khomeini who declared” All Islam is politics.” [1]
[1] THE ISLAM IN ISLAMIC TERRORISM by Ibn Warraq page 332
Walter Sieruk says
This jihadwatch article starts with a type of question Which is “How many Americans and other Westerners are willing to engage in a deal with the devil for money?” Perhaps more than expected. In other words, the answer to “too many,” That corrupting is terrible and tragic.
Such information is blatant reminder that the Bible reads ” The wicked accept bribes in secret to pervert the course of justice.” Proverbs 17:23. [N. I. V.]
jule says
But will Trump take the bait? We know the glitter is a temptation. Rubio says they will Talk. I cant stand Witkof and his money deals with Qatar. It all scares me. Who can tell them NO. No No. They do not understand Islam. They cannot trust one iota and its a Trap. Who can get the message in Not to sell us out.
Alkflaeda says
This sounds like a Ponzi scheme to me – a nation near bankruptcy offering trillion dollar contracts, presumably with initial profits from other investors, since any yield from the projects themselves would necessarily be long term. Apart from anything else, where will they get the water needed to operate nuclear reactors, when they are already experiencing shortages? I would recommend Israel bonds to anyone wanting to invest in the Middle East.
David Fieldstone says
There is no art of the deal for Trump. It is simple and he should leave it thus.
In any event, he should give Israel the bunker busters before Iran is able to
increase their fortifications. I opine Trump is losing it. He needs a good sleep!
I am a retired Barrister from Canada. We know a scam when we see one.
Trump needs a bridge from which he can view the big picture, & posthaste.